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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”